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The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
